“Due to the crisis in Katsina Alla, we advised the board, (Health Management Board) to close down the State General Hospital in Katsina Alla and it has been shut down.

“Yet they (criminals) are still running after nurses in Katsina Alla.

When asked steps been taken by security operatives to arrest the security challenges faced by her members, Akpai said, ‘at any point, we have such issues, we draw the attention of government and security chiefs in the state to them but there is no response.

“You know, nurses work on three shifts, but the second shift close at 9pm and third shift resume that time, so at that time, they are going home they (nurses) are exposed to attack,” She said